staff - Registered Nurse - Correctional - $41-53 per hour

CoreCivic is seeking a Registered Nurse (RN) Correctional for a nursing job in Leavenworth, Kansas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Correctional
• Discipline: RN
• Duration: Ongoing
• Employment Type: Staff

$41.42 - $52.89 / hour

This is a specialty position working 8hr shifts Monday-Friday

At CoreCivic, our employees are driven by a deep sense of service, high standards of professionalism and a responsibility to better the public good.

CoreCivic is currently seeking Registered Nurses – Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) who have a passion for providing the highest quality care in an institutional setting.

The successful candidate should be able to perform ALL of the following functions at a pace and level of performance consistent with the actual job performance requirements.

• Apply appropriate nursing skills in the area and treatment of inmates/residents.
• Provides leadership in improving and sustaining the quality and effectiveness of care in diverse or complex programs.
• Monitors key indicators of health status and clinic operations.
• Uses screening and focused study formats to detect variation in healthcare delivery process.
• Designs data collection instruments; compiles and analyzes data; design interventions to address issues.
• Provides written reports and conducts CQI meetings.
• Participates in preparation for accreditation and inspections.
• Attend sick call with the physician to see inmates/residents; prepare a list of inmates/residents to be examined; prepare examining room and equipment
• Examine and assess new inmates/residents with illnesses or injuries or inmates/residents who become ill or injured; refer inmates/residents to the emergency room or other appropriate healthcare facilities as required by their condition.
• Perform emergency procedures as needed and notify Licensed Independent Provider for treatment orders.
• Provide guidance, supervise and monitor nursing care provided by licensed vocational/practical nursing staff and non-licensed medical staff.

• Qualifications: 

  • Graduate from an accredited college, university or nursing program with a Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, Advanced Public Health or related field is required, OR must possess three years related industry experience and/or performance improvement experience. 
  • Must possess current RN licensure in the state of employment.  
  • Three (3) years of current, professional nursing experience in leadership and/or management preferred.  
  • Experience in a correctional health care program preferred.  
  • Minimum age requirement: Must be at least 21 years of age.

  CoreCivic is a Drug-Free Workplace & EOE including Disability/Veteran.

  CoreCivic Job ID #req34175. Posted job title: Registered Nurse - CQI

  About CoreCivic

  CoreCivic is a diversified, government-solutions company with the scale and experience needed to solve tough government challenges in cost-effective ways. We provide a broad range of solutions to government partners that serve the public good through high-quality corrections and detention management, innovative and cost-saving real estate solutions, and a growing network of residential and non-residential alternatives to incarceration to help address America's recidivism crisis.

  Benefits

  • Holiday Pay
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Medical benefits
  • Dental benefits
  • Vision benefits
  • Life insurance